In addition, family judges in the place of habitual residence of adopted children have jurisdiction to decide cases of adoption through voluntary jurisdiction proceedings, at which the judge authorizes the adoption provided that all legal requirements have been met and the administrative procedure for adoption, which is the responsibility of two institutions (the Office of the Procurator-General of the Republic and the Salvadoran Institute for the Protection of Children), has been completed.
Igualmente, los jueces de familia del lugar habitual de residencia del adoptado tienen competencia para resolver sobre adopciones, mediante diligencias de jurisdicción voluntaria, a través de las cuales el juez autoriza la adopción, siempre y cuando se cumplan todos los requisitos legales y se haya seguido previamente el procedimiento administrativo para la adopción a cargo de dos instituciones: la Procuraduría General de la República y el ISPM.